Measuring device.



N. OT'TINGER.

MEASUFHNG DEVICE. APPLICATION man MAY 3.1915.

- Patented Aug. 2 1, 1917.

NATHAN O'ITINGER, OF NEW YORK, INI'.l Y.

MEASURING BEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

Application led May 8, 1915. Serial No. 26,707.

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it lmown that LYNATHAN OTTINGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates ofAmerica, anda resident of New York city, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMeasuring Devices, of which is particularly adapted to the uses of atailor the accompanying drawings I .cal shaft 12 having a spring 5 5 hwho usually makes a succession of measurements inv a regular order andeither stops toput) down the measurements or has. a

'helper take them down. l With these and other objects in view, my

invention comprises the novel features, arrangement' and construction ofparts hereinafter more fully described with reference to andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionaly View thereof on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; f

Fig. 4 is a detailview ing disks Fig. 5 is a detail printing disks;

Fig. 6 is a side view of a modified form of tape measure; Fig. -7 is .aplan View thereof; Figs. 8 land 9 are fragmentary perspective views ofmodified forms of type.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views. I y

Referring to the drawings,'and more particularly to Fig. 2 thereof, acasing comprising two compartments 10 and 11 is provided. In thecompartment 10' is a cylindril3therein and Aaving wound thereon a tapemeasure 14.-, which is'controlled by l he of one ofthe printthe said.'spring t lteriorly toothed rim 33 view of another of the.

usual manner. The said tape passes through the compartment 1 1 therein,and is provided on its end with a ring 17, for facilitating' pulling ofthe tape, and also for preventing the end from goinO and out of a slot16 into the casing. Intermediate the outlet end y of the casing and theshaft 12, the tape measure 14 engages a toothed wheel 18 lby means ofapertures 19 provided along the sides of thesaid tape, and is held inposition on the said wheel 18 by means of a guide member 20. The saidgear wheel meshes with and actuates a gear wheel 21 carried by a disk 22mounted on a shaft 23, which disk is divided into sixteen spaces,representative'oil fractions of an inch. The said gears'fare soproportioned that the disk 22 will'otate once for every inch the tapemeasurdis pullediout or in the casing. The inner side of the said diskis recessed as at 29, and a stationary toothed- Wheel 25 is said shaft23 adjacent the said disk. A pinion 26 is carried by the said disk andintermeshes with the stationary gear wheel, so that the pinion isrotated onceduring every revolution of the said disk. A segment 27 isprovided on the pinion 26, which is adapted4 to engage the interiorlytoothed rim 28 of a second disk 29', which is divided into twelvespaces, to represent inches in a foot, for a suicent time during therevolution of the pinion 26 to turn the disk 29 through one In a similarmanner to that of the the disk 29 is provided on its oppo-l site sidewith a pinion"30, which meshes with af stationary toothed wheel 31provided on the shaft, and which is provided with a segment 32 whichmeshes during a portion of the revolution of the pinion with the inof adisk 34, which disk is divided into ten spaces, to represent feet, toturn the same through one space. The number of spaces of this last diskmay be varied as desired, according to the capacity ofthe tape.

Eachof the said disks 22, 29 and 34 are provided with steel type 35, onthe disk 22 representing the fractions from T15- to t3 inches inclusive,the last space being left blank; on the disk 29 representing .Irom l to11 inches inclusive, the 'last space being left blank and on the disk 34from 1 foot; to 10`feet, or as many feet as the capacity of the tapewill permit, one

'seing left blank.

It wid heseen that when the rape is enspace.

representing mounted on the l:los

'tirely Within the casing all of the blank spaces will be in alinementat the upper side of the disks,Iv and as the tape is pulled out thenumbers at the top will increase, and as the same is carried back intothe casing the numbers Will decrease until-the blank spaces appear againwhen the tape is completely Within the casing. Springs 59 are provided,Which engage recesses 60 on the peripheries of the disks 22, 29 and 34respectively, so that the type is always in the proper printingalinement. ein inked ribbon 36 or other similar printing median ismounted on rollers 37, 38 above the uppei disks 22, 29, and,`3 4, andhas its ends Wound on spools 39, 40, having the manipulating handles 4lvfor moving the said ribbon across the type ofthe disks When desired torenew the inking surface.

l/Vhile I have illustrated a manual method ci moving this ribbon, it isobvious that automatic means may be employed if desii-ed. The strip ofpaper 42 on .which the measurements are printed is fed through i slots43 and 44 over the printing ribbon and out of the casing Where it may betorn off or removed printed thereon. rIhe printing operation isaccomplished by means of a springcontrolled plunger 45 having a atbase46 and a head 47 which by pressure on the said head forces the paper andthe ribbon into contact with the steel type, 'thereby causing theimpression to appear on the paper by means of the ribbon. For feedingthe paper out of the casing as each succeeding measureinent is recorded,the plunger 45 is provided with teeth 48 which mesh with a gear Wheel49, so that during upward and downivard movement of the said plunger thegear wheel is rotated. A pavvl 50 is provided on the gear Wheel 49,which engages a ratchet 5l provided on the same shaft with the gear 50,the said pawls riding over the ratchet during the downward movement ofthe plunger and rotating the saine during upward movement. A gear 52provided on the end of a feed roller 53, between which and a guideroller 54 the paper passes, intermcslies With the said gear 51, so thatthe paper is fed foi-Ward every time the plunger is actuated. The upperportion 55 of the casing, housing ythe plunger and the roller, ispreferably hinged to the compartmentll, as at 56, and is provided With asnap-catch 57, so that the .strip of paper may be readily placedtherein. A

If desired, the paper 4,2 may be in -the form of a roll, anothercompartment being provided at the side of the tape measure forcontaining the same, the paper being torn off yafter the measurementsare recorded, or it may be in the form of cards, or o ther suitableforms may be employed as desired.-

after the measurements areV lVith my invention a very compact andconvenient measuring device is provided, which may be carried in thehand of the tailor as the measurements are made, and by merely pressingthe plunger ,'jvith his thumb, the measurements Will be recordedcorrectly and neatly and Without necessitating a stop in themeasurements, or the use of a helper.

nW'hile I have mentioned the use of my invention bya tailor, it Will beequally useful to surveyors, architects, builders, and for numerousother uses which will be obvious from this disclosure.

If desired, instead of the perforated tape, the tape may be providedwith bosses or projections 6l engaging recessesl 62 pi'ovided in theperiphery of a Wheel 63 for rotating the disks, as clearly shown inFigs.

6 and 7. Also the means for imparting the measurements to a piece ofpaper may be varied, for instance as shown in Fig. 8, in which the type64 are knife-edged and adapted to cut an impression upon the paper. Inthe form shown in Fig. 9 the periphery of the disk is perforated as at65 With the measurements, and these are stenciled upon the paper bymeans 'of a. stenciling device 66 adapted to be raised into engagementwith the disk by means of levers 67 operated by the plunger 45.

In connection With theuse of the stencil tape a very simple form ofdevice can be obtained by combining with the stencil tape a form of`Well-known stamping pad or plunger or other stamping device.

Other modifications may be resorted to Within the spirit and scope ofthe invention, so that I do not, therefore, Wish to be limited tothepreferred and satisfactory form described and illustrated, except as 195may be required by the claims.

I claim v l.. In a measuring device, the combination of a tape-measurefor measuring extraneous surfaces, recording means adapted to receive arecord receiving means, said recording means comprising impressionroducing means respectively distinctively i entifying the graduations onsaid tape'measure, said last named means adapted' to be operated 115relatively to the movement of said tape measure t1 bring said respectiveimpression producing means into relation with said recordv receivingmeans to produce impressions on said record receiving means, recordingthe measurement made by said tape vmeasure of said lextraneous surfaces.

2. In a measuring device, the combination of a casing, an extensiblemeasuring tape u held Within said casing, recording means carried bysaid casin adapted to engage said measuring tape an adapted to receiveal record receiving means, said recording means comprising impressionproducing means respectively distinctively identifying the graduationson said tape measure, said last named meansadapted to be operatedrelatively to the movement of said tape measure from said casing tobring said respective impression producing means into relation with saidrecord receiving means to produce impressions on said record receivingmeans, recording the record made by said tape vmeasure of saidextraneous surfaces.

'3. In a measuring device, the combination of a tape measure formeasuring lextraneous surfaces, recording means adapted to receive arecord receiving means, said recording means comprising impressionproducing means respectively distinctively identifying the graduationson said tape measure, said last named means adapted to be operatedrelatively to the movement of said tape measure to bring said respectiveimpression producing means into relation With said record receivingmeans/to successively produce thereon in uniformly lspaced relationimpressions recording the successive arbi cooperative relation With arecord receiving means, said recording means comprising impressionproducing means respectively distinctively identifying the graduationsvon said measure, said last named means adapted to be operatedrelatively to thetinovement` of said measure to bring said respectiveimpression producing means into relation With Said-recordreceivmg meansto lproduce impressions on said record receiving means, recording themeasurements made by. said measure of said extraneous surfaces.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my inventiong'I have signedmy name in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses. p NATHAN OTTIN GER.Witnesses: l

RosALm NYKERK, HAROLD C. MITCHELL.

